complexity
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Systems & complexity
Web of wonder: Patterns in the web [Systems thinking & modelling series]
Patterns in the web are the way we look at and understand the world around us.
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Systems & complexity
Web of wonder: Creating the future [Systems thinking & modelling series]
Gaining a better sense of the common process associated with the unexpected unfolding of the future.
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Community
Simple thinking in a complex world is a recipe for disaster
Humans have limited ability to understand complexity, but there are serious dangers if we oversimplify things too much.
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Systems & complexity
Web of wonder: Experiencing the web [Systems thinking & modelling series]
It’s important to understand how the web of extended interactions develops over time if we are to really develop a…
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Brain power
The principles of agile work were laid down 100 years ago
A 100-year old method for making to-do lists has the fundamentals of agile. But for organisations, some important additions are…
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Systems & complexity
Understanding trade-offs in system optimisation
How can we ritualise encouraging change to the status quo?
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Systems & complexity
Can engineers and scientists ever master “complexity”?
Given the history of complexity research, our can-do optimism should always be tempered by skepticism and caution.
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Systems & complexity
Phenomenographic research in a network of counter-terrorism communities
In the parts of the network that were working the best, people had broken away from typical perspectives to see…
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In the news
Can knowledge management become agile, and what about complexity?
The KMWorld 2015 Conference is underway in Washington from 2-5 November, and has the theme “Agile Knowledge Sharing & Innovation”.…
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Systems & complexity
System Failure: Why governments must learn to think differently
System Failure provides an introduction to systems thinking and why it is of critical importance. The traditional model of public…